Face mask

ABSTRACT

The present invention provides a face mask including a mask body and an aromatic portion. The aromatic portion is arranged on an inner side of the mask body. The aromatic portion contains an aromatic substance, and is located at a position with air ventilation once the face mask is worn by a user. Accordingly, the user wearing the mask is provided with a sense of aroma, and an unpleasant odor produced by wearing the face mask for over an extended period of time can be reduced.

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention

The present invention relates to a face mask, and in particular to aface mask with an aromatic function.

2. Description of the Related Art

Wearing face masks outdoors has become a frequent occurrence for thepublic along with the Covid-19 pandemic. However, with wearing of a facemask for over an extended period of time, smells from the nasal cavityor the oral cavity due to breathing can be accumulated at the face mask,and may become unbearable odors over an extended period of time. As aresult, while a face mask is still capable of providing protection, someusers may replace the face mask because of the unpleasant odors, leadingto reduced usage time of the face mask and producing more wastes.

BRIEF SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION

With dedicated research and development, the applicant has proposed aface mask that provides a user wearing the face mask with a sense ofaroma and reduces unpleasant odors produced by wearing the face mask forover an extended period of time, thereby prolonging the usage time ofthe face mask and reducing wastes produced.

A face mask provided by the present invention includes a mask body andan aromatic portion. The mask body has an inner side and an outer sideopposite to each other. The aromatic portion is arranged on the innerside of the mask body and contains an aromatic substance, and thearomatic portion is located at a position with air ventilation oncebeing worn by a user.

In one embodiment, when the mask body is worn by the user, the aromaticportion is arranged relative to a philtrum of the user.

In one embodiment, the mask body has an upper side and a lower side. Aratio of a first distance between the aromatic portion and the upperside to a distance between the upper side and the lower side is 1/3.

In one embodiment, the mask body has a left side and a right side, andthe aromatic portion is located at right in the middle of the left sideand the right side.

In one embodiment, the face mask further includes two straps, which arerespectively connected to the left side and the right side of the maskbody.

In one embodiment, the face mask is a disposable face mask.

Thus, with the aromatic portion provided, the face mask of the presentinvention can provide the user wearing the face mask with a sense ofaroma and reduce unpleasant odors produced by wearing of the face maskover an extended period of time, further prolonging the usage time ofthe face mask and reducing wastes produced.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

FIG. 1 is a side schematic diagram of an inner side and an outer side ofa face mask according to a specific embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a perspective schematic diagram of a face mask according to aspecific embodiment of the present invention worn by a user.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

To facilitate understanding of the object, characteristics and effectsof this present disclosure, embodiments together with the attacheddrawings for the detailed description of the present disclosure areprovided.

Referring to FIG. 1 and FIG. 2 , the present invention provides a facemask 100 including a mask body 101 and an aromatic portion 102. The maskbody 101 has an inner side 103 and an outer side 104 that are oppositeto each other. The aromatic portion 102 is arranged on the inner side103 of the mask body 101 and contains an aromatic substrate P. Thearomatic portion 102 is located at a position with air ventilation oncethe mask body 101 is worn by a user 2. The face mask 100 is a disposableface mask, for example, a medical face mask.

As described above, with the aromatic portion 102 provided, the facemask 100 of the present invention can provide the user 2 wearing theface mask 100 with a sense of aroma and reduce unpleasant odors producedby wearing of the face mask 100 for an extended period of time, furtherprolonging the usage time of the face mask 100 and reducing wastesproduced.

As shown in FIG. 2 , in one embodiment, when the face mask 100 is wornby the user 2, the aromatic portion 102 can be arranged relative to aphiltrum 20 of the user 2. When the user 2 wearing the face mask 100starts breathing, the airflow generated by the breathing passes throughthe aromatic portion 102, causing the aromatic portion 102 to release anaroma of the aromatic substance P. The aromatic substance P may be invarious types so as to emit various types of aromatic smells, forexample, aromatic smells of flowers, sandalwood or peppermint.

As shown in FIG. 1 , in one embodiment, the mask body 101 has an upperside 101 a and a lower side 101 b. A first distance L1 between thearomatic portion 102 and the upper side 101 a is less than a seconddistance L2 between the aromatic portion 102 and the lower side 101 b. Aratio of the first distance L1 to a distance between the upper side 101a and the lower side 101 b may be 1/3. From an angle of facing the innerside 103, the mask body 101 has a left side 101 c and a right side 101d, and the aromatic portion 102 can be located right in the middle ofthe left side 101 c and the right side 101 d. Thus, when the user 2 inFIG. 2 wears the face mask 100, the aromatic portion 102 can be arrangedrelative to the philtrum 20. The face mask 100 further includes twostraps 105. The two straps 105 are respectively connected to the leftside 101 c and the right side 101 d of the mask body 101, and are forhooking at ears of the user 2 in FIG. 2 . The aromatic portion 102 canbe made of a non-woven fabric and contains the aromatic substrate P bymeans of, for example, dipping or soaking. During the manufacturingprocess of the face mask 100, the aromatic portion 102 can be togetherdisposed on the mask body 101.

While the invention has been described by way of example and in terms ofthe preferred embodiments, it is to be understood that these embodimentsare for merely describing the present invention and are not to beconstrued as limitations to the present invention. It should be notedthat, equivalent modifications, replacements and substitutions made tothe embodiments are to be encompassed within the scope of the presentinvention. Therefore, the scope of protection of the present inventionis to be accorded with broadest interpretation of the appended claims.

What is claimed is:
 1. A face mask, comprising: a mask body, having aninner side and an outer side opposite to each other; and an aromaticportion, disposed on the inner side of the mask body, containing anaromatic substance, and located at a position with air ventilation oncethe mask body is worn by a user.
 2. The face mask according to claim 1,wherein the aromatic portion is arranged relative to a philtrum of theuser when the mask body is worn by the user.
 3. The face mask accordingto claim 1, wherein the mask body has an upper side and a lower side,and a ratio of a first distance between the aromatic portion and theupper side to a distance between the upper side and the lower side is1/3.
 4. The face mask according to claim 1, wherein the mask body has aleft side and a right side, and the aromatic portion is located right inthe middle of the left side and the right side.
 5. The face maskaccording to claim 4, further comprising two straps, which arerespectively connected to the left side and the right side of the maskbody.
 6. The face mask according to claim 1, being a disposable facemask.